List of majority-Black counties in the United States



This list of majority-Black counties in the United States covers the counties and county-equivalents in the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the territory of Puerto Rico and the population in each county that is Black or African American.

The data source for the list is the 2020 United States Census.

At the time of the 2020 Census, there were 47.5 million Americans who were Black (either alone or in combination), making up 14.2% of the U.S. population. State by state, the highest number of Black Americans could be found in Texas (3.96 million), Florida (3.70 million), Georgia (3.54 million), New York state (3.53 million), and California (2.83 million). Meanwhile, the highest proportions of African Americans were in the District of Columbia (44.17%), Mississippi (37.94%), Louisiana (33.13%), Georgia (33.03%), and Maryland (32.01%).

Throughout the country, there are 104 county-equivalents where over 50% of the population identified as Black (either alone or in combination). 25 of these were Mississippian counties, 22 more were counties in Georgia, and 11 of them were in Alabama. Moreover, there were nine counties in each South Carolina and Virginia with Black majorities. North Carolina had eight majority-Black counties, Louisiana had seven, Arkansas had six, Maryland had three, Tennessee had two, and Florida and Puerto Rico each had one majority-Black county.

In 2020, the most populated counties which had a Black majority were Prince George's County, Maryland (population 967K), Shelby County, Tennessee (population 930K), DeKalb County, Georgia (population 764K), Baltimore City, Maryland (population 586K), and Orleans Parish, Louisiana (population 384K).

List
The list below displays each majority-Black county (or county-equivalent) in the fifty U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. It includes the county's total population, the number of Black people in the county, and the percentage of people in the county who are Black as of the 2020 Census. The table is initially sorted by the Black proportion of each county but is sortable by any of its columns, as can be found by clicking the table headers.

Counties in Puerto Rico are shaded in yellow. Counties where people who are Black alone do not make a majority while people who are either Black Alone or in combination with another race do make a majority are italicized.

African American Majority Counties Median Income (US Dollars)


 * 1) Charles, Maryland	107,808
 * 2) Prince George's, Maryland	91,124
 * 3) Henry, Georgia	73,491
 * 4) DeKalb, Georgia	69,423
 * 5) Douglas, Georgia	67,731
 * 6) Rockdale, Georgia	64,230
 * 7) St John the Baptist, Louisiana	60,743
 * 8) Hampton, Virginia	59,380
 * 9) Lee, South Carolina	57,191
 * 10) Sussex, Virginia	56,968
 * 11) Shelby, Tennessee	55,015
 * 12) Baltimore, Maryland	54,124
 * 13) Portsmouth, Virginia	54,020
 * 14) Greensville, Virginia	53,063
 * 15) Montgomery, Alabama	52,511
 * 16) Clayton, Georgia	51,945
 * 17) Brunswick, Virginia	49,597
 * 18) Franklin, Virginia	49,424
 * 19) Copiah, Mississippi	46,530
 * 20) Crittenden, Arkansas	46,452
 * 21) Richmond, Georgia	46,237
 * 22) Hinds, Mississippi	46,179
 * 23) Orleans, Louisiana	45,594
 * 24) Vance, North Carolina	45,243
 * 25) Petersburg, Virginia	44,890
 * 26) Bamberg, South Carolina	44,408
 * 27) Bibb, Georgia	43,862
 * 28) Jefferson, Arkansas	43,720
 * 29) Hertford, North Carolina	43,523
 * 30) Caddo, Louisiana	43,153
 * 31) Gadsden, Florida	42,661
 * 32) Jefferson, Georgia	42,238
 * 33) Dougherty, Georgia	42,225
 * 34) Edgecombe, North Carolina	41,974
 * 35) Fairfield, South Carolina	41,755
 * 36) Tunica, Mississippi	41,176
 * 37) St Helena, Louisiana	40,857
 * 38) Talbot, Georgia	40,719
 * 39) Williamsburg, South Carolina	40,124
 * 40) Yazoo, Mississippi	40,037
 * 41) Jasper, Mississippi	39,992
 * 42) Haywood, Tennessee	39,952
 * 43) Northampton, North Carolina	39,764
 * 44) Taliaferro, Georgia	39,670
 * 45) Early, Georgia	39,665
 * 46) Dooly, Georgia	39,641
 * 47) Warren, North Carolina	39,588
 * 48) Calhoun, Georgia	39,578
 * 49) Washington, Georgia	39,350
 * 50) Macon, Alabama	39,303
 * 51) Noxubee, Mississippi	38,999
 * 52) Sharkey, Mississippi	38,977
 * 53) Danville, Virginia	38,904
 * 54) Terrell, Georgia	38,879
 * 55) Washington, North Carolina	38,843
 * 56) Hampton, South Carolina	38,298
 * 57) Orangeburg, South Carolina	38,052
 * 58) Halifax, North Carolina	37,832
 * 59) Kemper, Mississippi	37,667
 * 60) Bertie, North Carolina	37,571
 * 61) Warren, Georgia	37,309
 * 62) Madison, Louisiana	36,875
 * 63) Sumter, Georgia	36,687
 * 64) Wilcox, Alabama	36,385
 * 65) Pike, Mississippi	36,308
 * 66) Emporia, Virginia	36,111
 * 67) Clay, Georgia	35,893
 * 68) Clay, Mississippi	35,638
 * 69) Marengo, Alabama	35,379
 * 70) St Francis, Arkansas	34,981
 * 71) Dallas, Alabama	34,957
 * 72) Jefferson Davis, Mississippi	34,771
 * 73) Marion, South Carolina	34,465
 * 74) Washington, Mississippi	34,399
 * 75) Adams, Mississippi	33,860
 * 76) Chicot, Arkansas	33,770
 * 77) Bolivar, Mississippi	33,729
 * 78) Hancock, Georgia	33,496
 * 79) Macon, Georgia	33,163
 * 80) Tensas, Louisiana	32,962
 * 81) Sunflower, Mississippi	32,608
 * 82) Hale, Alabama	32,294
 * 83) Phillips, Arkansas	32,235
 * 84) Marlboro, South Carolina	32,136
 * 85) Lowndes, Alabama	31,961
 * 86) Allendale, South Carolina	31,800
 * 87) Tallahatchie, Mississippi	31,484
 * 88) Wilkinson, Mississippi	31,412
 * 89) Coahoma, Mississippi	31,312
 * 90) Claiborne, Mississippi	31,305
 * 91) Humphreys, Mississippi	30,327
 * 92) Leflore, Mississippi	30,182
 * 93) Jefferson, Mississippi	29,205
 * 94) Lee, Arkansas	29,082
 * 95) Bullock, Alabama	29,063
 * 96) Randolph, Georgia	28,870
 * 97) Greene, Alabama	28,826
 * 98) Sumter, Alabama	27,099
 * 99) Perry, Alabama	27,057
 * 100) Quitman, Mississippi	25,783
 * 101) East Carroll, Louisiana	25,049
 * 102) Holmes, Mississippi	24,958
 * 103) Loiza, Puerto Rico	19,541
 * 104) Issaquena, Mississippi	17,109

Source: United States Census Bureau, 2023 https://www.census.gov/